Toy.



Patented Feb. l3, I900. H. TAMZARMN.

TOY.

(Application filed Aug. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

I iw lw WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES FFICE.

IIOVIIANNES TAMZARIAN, OF PATERSON, NE\V JERSEY.

SPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent N0. 643,426, dated February 13, 1 900.

Application filed August 9, 1899. Serial No. 726,647. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOVHANNES TAMZA- RIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to toys; and the object of the invention is to produce a device of this nature which shall be simple in construction and which can be manufactured at the cost of a few cents.

The invention consists in the improved toy and in the combination and arrangement of its various parts, substantially as will be hereinafter pointed out and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

I have fully illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein corresponding letters of reference indicate like parts, and wherein- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the preferred form of my invention. Fig. 2 shows a device which may be used for removably securing in position a selected figure adapted to be manipulated in the toy. Fig. 3 is a view of one of these figures provided with means adapted to coact with the above-mentioned device to secure it in position. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 2 and showing, by virtue of a dotted outline of one of the figures, the manner of securing said figure to the device. Fig. 5 is a View in elevation of a modified form of my invention, certain parts thereof being shown in section; and Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional View of a slightly-modified form of what is shown in Fig. 5. i

The reference character a in the accompanying drawings designates a cylindrical handle, which may be ornamented and constructed in'any desirable manner and the tubular opening I) through which is traversed by a pin 0.

Into a pair of diametrically-disposed holes d,

provided at one end of the handle and extending longitudinally thereof, project the free ends of a substantially rectangular wire frame e, the free portion of this frame being formed with an eyelet that is situated in line with said tubular opening. This eyelet receives one end of an elastic band g, which may be one of the ordinary kind employed for securing parcels or packages, said band being twisted and having a single strand of cord h attached to its lower end. The lower end of the cord is itself attached to one end of an endless cord 2', this cord being twisted and receiving the pin 0. It should be remarked that the cord t' is twisted in the same direction as the elastic band g and that the pin is forced through the handle and through the cord after the latter has been sufficiently twisted. Another cord or operating-stringyis attached to the lower end of the cordt' and projects out of the tubular opening in the handle, being provided with a tassel k.

Upon the cord h I attach a figure Z, which figure maybe attached to the cord in any desired manner, as by gluing, the. This figure may consist of a piece of cardboard suitably formed to represent a man, for instance, and it may be colored and designed the same upon both sides; but it is preferred that one side should be darker than the other, for a reason hereinafter pointed out. In Fig. 1 the figure presents the outline of a man upon one side, while viewed from the other side it has the outline of a woman. In this case it is designed that the two figures should present contrasts, and hence they may be colored within their respective outlines with this object in view and in any manner.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the figure used in connection with the toy is adapted to be secured in position upon the spring by means of one or two preferably spherical blocks m, each having an orifice a therethrongh for the reception of the cord h and small enough so as to properly grip the same and being provided with opposing slits or recesses 0. These recesses are adapted to receive a tag 19, which may be formed upon one edge of the figure and have a rectangular notch q formed therein, so that the tag can enter both slits or recesses in the block. It should be remarked that the blocks m may be adjusted to suitable positions upon the cord h. v

In the modified form of my invention shown in Fig. 5 the handle comprises two sections '2' 8, connected by a tube 1, which penetrates them and to (preferably) the upper one of which it is rigidly secured. The pin 0 in this instance passes through the upper portion r of the handle and also the tube 1, while the cord 7' extends down through the orifice formed in an end wall a, which is provided for the tube, out through the tubular opening in the part .9 of the handle, and thence back through a channel n, formed in said part parallel with the tube, the free end of said cord being secured to the part'r of the handle.

In order to obviate any axial movement of the part s of the handle relatively to the other part, its here may be provided with a longitudinal slot 11;, in which works a pin 00 on the side of the tube, or, as shown in Fig. 6, the tube mayconsist of two sections whose edges are soldered together and flare outwardly to form flanges 7 which work in slots corresponding to the slot 1!. The ends of the rectangular wire trainee may in the case of this modification be secured to the handle by staples e.

In operating the device it will be seen that a pull upon the operating-cord will, by virtue of the manner in which the cord 1' and the elastic band are twisted, produce a rapid rotation of the intermediate cord 7t, and consequentl y of the figure which it carries, the figure moving downwardly to some extent, of course, as the device is manipulated. The

elastic band g not only tends to return the parts to their initial position when the operating-cord is released, but also to retwist the cord 2 preparatory to the next downward pull of: the operating-cord.

In the device shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the action of working the part .9 of the handle longitudinally on the tube of course acts to effect a pull upon the operating-cordj, with the result that the figure is rotated, as above described in connection with the preferred form of my device.

It will be seen that in lieu of the elastic band 1 any similar device having torsional as well as longitudinal elasticity may be employed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy consisting of asuitable frame,a torsionally and longitudinally elastic device sccured thereto, a twisted endless cord, a pin secured to the frame and penetrating the twisted cord, and another cord connecting said first-named cord and the elastic device and adapted to carry a selected figure, substantially as described.

2. A toy consisting of a cylindrical handle, a rectangular frame secured thereto,a twisted elastic band secured to said frame in alinement with said handle,a twisted endless cord, a pin projecting transversely across the opening in said handle and penetrating the cord, another cord connecting said first-named cord and the elastic band, a slitted block carried by said last-named cord and adapted to receive a selected figure, and means for longitudinally actuating said twisted cord, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of August, 1899.

HOVH ANNES TAMZARIAN.

\Vitnesses:

J OHN W. SrEwAm), ALFRED GARTNER. 

